Special Friends bowling coaches are there for you when you need assistance. Before bowling begins they are collecting bowling fees, helping bowlers get ready to bowl and preparing lane assignments. During play you will find them circulating among the lanes assisting and encouraging bowlers, offering tips and lifting the spirits of those discouraged by their performance. Our coaches ensure all bowlers always have fun and are rewarded by putting forth their best efforts.
Coach Ray Kleczkowski (Spokesperson)
Ray retired from Nabisco as a freight expediter and is an avid golfer. He moved from New Jersey to The Villages with his wife, Pat, and daughter, Lisa, on Father’s Day 2001.
Coach Jim Farragher (Lane Assignments & Lane Assistance)
Jim is originally from New York. In 2006 he and his wife, Karen, moved to Arizona. Jim retired from the Security Alarm Industry in 2017. In 2018 he and Karen moved The Villages.
Coach Ken Livengood (Wheelchair Assistant)
Ken is retired from the office furniture business. In 1992 he moved with his family to The Villages from Ravena Village New York. In addition to being a valued asset to our wheelchair bowlers Ken cooks two nights a week at the American Legion Veteran Memorial Post #347 and is a certified Special Olympics Coach.
Coach Dennis Newhard (Lane Assignments & Lane Assistance)
Dennis and his family are from Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, Dennis spent 35 years as a teacher. In 2016 Dennis and his wife, Julie, and son, Derrick, moved to The Villages.
Coach Joe Stinton (Lane Assistance & New Member Orientation Coordinator)
Joe retired from the New York State Police Department and as Director of Security at Ulster County Community College. He moved from New York to The Villages with his family in 2003.
Coach Chris Warner (Administration & Treasurer)
Chris and his family moved to The Villages from Maine in 2011. He retired from American Airlines as a Country Manager and is an avid golfer.
Gregg Dooley (Webmaster & Membership Chairman)
Hi, I’m Gregg Dooley, aka DoubleG. In 2016 I retired, after 25 years with the Federal Government as a Security Computer Programmer, and moved from Northern Virginia to The Villages. Three years later my life partner, Faith, followed. I enjoy working with computers and all electronic devices. I am a helper with The Villages Apple Users Drop-In and we assist our fellow Villages residents with questions and problems they encounter with their Apple products.
If you have any suggestions for improving this website or any questions about your electronic devices please be sure to contact me. You can talk with me when I’m bowling or send me an inquiry using the contact form.